Coordination of the Conference Programme has been led by an international committee of leading climate change researchers. They include:
 

• Jean Palutikof (Chair), NCCARF
• Neil Adger, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change, University of East Anglia
• Joseph Alcamo, UNEP Chief Scientist, University of Kassel
• Andrew Ash, CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship
• Tim Carter, Finnish Environment Institute
• Kris Ebi, Head, Technical Support Unit, Working Group II, IPCC
• Chris Field, Co-Chair Working Group II, IPCC, Stanford University
• Kathy Hibbard, National Centre for Atmospheric Research, US
• Saleem ul Huq, International Institute for Environment and Development, London
• Kathy Jacobs, Chair, Study in Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change, US National Academy of Sciences
• Carlos Nobre, Centre for Water Forecasting and Climate Studies, Brazilian Institute for Space Research
• Rik Leemans, Wageningen University
• Jian Liu, Chief of Climate Change Adaptation Unit, UNEP
• Martin Parry, Co-Chair of the IPCC Working Group II for the Fourth Assessment
• Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, US
• Mark Stafford-Smith, CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship
• Coleen Vogel, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
• Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Vice-Chair of the IPCC
• Marie Waschka, NCCARF